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Saudi Authorities continue to target women activists
- Published at
- 31.08.2023
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
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CSOs caution actors against business with Saudi Arabia without human rights impact assessments, HRD still missing after forceful disappearance
- Published at
- 14.06.2023
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
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International community turns a blind eye as Saudi Arabia increases oppression of HRDs and civil society
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
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Saudi civil society at serious risk as global energy crisis leads US and others to abandon human rights commitments
- Published at
- 23.09.2022
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
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Two activists released despite authorities' complete intolerance of online activism and dissent
- Published at
- 10.05.2022
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- women
- negative court ruling
- release of HRDs
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Severe disconnect between carefully curated international image & suppression of civil society
- Published at
- 30.10.2021
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
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CSOs Denounce Recent Intensification in the Persecution of HRDs and Dissenting Voices
- Published at
- 25.08.2021
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
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Reports reveal death threats by Saudi officials against UN expert, reprisals against HRDs unabating
- Published at
- 06.04.2021
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
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Saudi Arabia continues to detain, harass and torture human rights defenders
- Published at
- 21.01.2021
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- labour rights
- refugees and migrants
- HRD prosecuted
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Activists & women human rights defenders continue to face reprisals
- Published at
- 14.08.2020
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- LGBTI
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Women’s Rights Defender, Loujain Al-Hathloul, due in court
- Published at
- 12.03.2020
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment